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Definition of Bootleggers
1. bootlegger [n] - See also: bootlegger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bootleggers
Literary usage of Bootleggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preliminary Economic Studies of the War by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Economics and History, Thomas Nixon Carver (1919)
"Much liquor was being furnished soldiers by bootleggers who operated out of ...
It will now be possible to convict the vast majority of bootleggers who are ..."
2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"... issues the receipt to "joints," "blind tigers," "bootleggers," "hole-in-the-wall"
men and "speakeasies." The Treasury Department also protects, ..."
3. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1990)
"Former bootleggers emerged as leading industrialists. The profits and power of
alcohol regained legal control of a significant segment of media culture. ..."
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